Disputations - Page 53

Cand.med. Stian Magnus Staurung Orlien at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Catha edulis and chronic liver disease in eastern Ethiopia” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Henrik Auråen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Donor Factors and Recipient Selection in Lung Transplantation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Gunnhild Berdal at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Patient-specific goals and supportive follow-up in rheumatology rehabilitation. Analysis of content, summary of evidence, and evaluation of health effects.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Bendik Christian Brinchmann at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Organic compounds, potential key players in vascular effects of diesel exhaust particles. An in vitro mechanistic study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Maria Pedersen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Chronic “Chronic Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Following acute Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Adolescents” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

MD Justin Arlen Maarten Joséphus van Leeuwen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Evaluation of Patient-Specific Positioning Guides in Knee Arthroplasty” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Master Mussa Shaffii Ngonyani at the Department of Special Needs Education defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Essence of Education for Children With Disabilities in Developing Countries. Survey of Tanzanian Regular Primary School Teachers' Self-Efficacy, Attitudes towards and Willingness to Include Pupils With Disabilities.

M.Sc. Gunn-Helen Øiseth Moen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Genetic and environmental etiology of glucose metabolism and cardiometabolic traits during pregnancy and in later life” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MA. Rannveig Svendby at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis "Becoming the ‘Other’ A qualitative study of power, masculinities and disabilities in the lives of young drivers after road traffic accidents" for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Ole Jørgen Kaasbøll at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Studies of the structure-activity relationships, signaling properties and functions of Connective Tissue Growth Factor” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Kjersti Stormark Rabanal at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis "Cardiovascular disease and ethnicity - Focus on the high risk of CVD among South Asians living in Norway and New Zealand" for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Ida Storhaug Frøysnes at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Novel therapeutic approaches in peritoneal metastasis from colorectal cancer” for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Cecilie Hasselø Thaulow at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Metabolites of heroin in post-mortem samples: The pharmacokinetic interaction with ethanol and measurements in several different matrices" for the degree of PhD.

Master Drita Saliu-Abdulahi at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Teacher and Student Perceptions of Current Feedback Practices in English Writing Instruction.

Master Anette Andresen at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Digital Natives With Reading Difficulties. A study of dyslexic adolescents' integration of conflicting information across web pages and presentation formats.

Cand.med. Nora Johansen at Institute of clinical medicine will be defending the thesis “Late effects in women after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy to prevent hereditary ovarian cancer: Cardiovascular risk, sexual functioning, and use of hormone replacement therapy” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Master Suitbert Emil Lyakurwa at the Department of Education  defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Universal design for learning towards achieving inclusive higher education in Tanzania.

Cand.med. Liv Hesstvedt at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Aspects of candidemia in Norway and in the Nordic countries: A contribution to the understanding of epidemiology, clinical aspects and outcome in patients with candidemia" for the degree of PhD

Cand.med. Grunde Wibetoe at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiovascular disease risk in inflammatory joint disease: Conventional disease risk factors across inflammatory joint diseases and performance of risk age models in rheumatoid arthritis” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

M.Sc. Ane Sørlie Kværner at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Nutritional status, type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer - Biological links and methodological aspects” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Master Tonje Stenseth at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

How and what students read: A study of evaluation and document selection processess in task-oriented reading.

Master Ingrid Nyborg at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “User participation among older hospitalized people and their relatives; a qualitative case‐oriented study” for the degree of PhD.

MSc Georgina Askeland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Improving prospects for Huntington’s disease treatment: a focus on peripheral tissues and a transgenic minipig model” for the degree of PhD.

MD Elin Wahl Blakstad at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Growth, neurodevelopment, metabolic markers and intestinal microbiota in very low birth weight infants on enhanced nutrient supply” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).